Royalty
Explore the Queen's Jubilee in 2012 and Britain's royal heritage with exhibitions, event listings, features, news and web resources collected from museums, archives and historic sites across the UK.
Museums at Night Report: An audience with Queen Victoria at Leighton House
Those Victorians knew how to party... Ruth Hazard has a brush with Queen Victoria during an immersive Museums at Night at Lord Leighton's opulent gaff, Leighton House.
Dying for the Vote: Militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison at Bourne Hall Museum
In June 1913 Emily Wilding Davison's cause of death was recorded as "misadventure". Bourne Hall Museum revisits the events of the day in a celebration of her life and the cause for which she died.
Forensic reconstruction of Richard III's head to appear at Yorkshire Museum this summer
In what may be the most accurate representation of the King yet, a head based on scans carried out by Leicester Royal Infirmary will form a cranial summer centrepiece in York.
Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars at the V&A
Maps of 16th century Muscovy, bespoke designs for Henry VIII, French and British silvers and diplomatic chariots - it's all in the V&A's perfectly polished new exhibition.
Richard III: Leicester's Search for a King attracts record crowds to Medieval Guildhall
Following the discovery of Richard III's body, an exhibition looking at the evidence and methods behind the search - including a recreation of his skull - is proving popular.
Gray Friars skeleton is last Plantagenet king, say Leicester team on trail of Richard III
Having matched DNA from the skeleton with descendents of Richard III, experts say they have proved "beyond reasonable doubt" that the skeleton is that of the King.
Minette: Life and Letters of a Stuart Princess at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The amazing life of the daughter of Charles I and youngest sister of Charles II is remembered in a new exhibition in Edinburgh starring a beautiful full-length painting.
Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII reunited 500 years on at National Portrait Gallery
Experts have used X-rays and raking light to reveal the amazing truth behind a wrongly identified Lambeth Palace portrait, putting it on public display in London.
Historic Royal Palaces open their doors for overnight stays during Museums at Night 2013
Historic Royal Palaces have lined up a brace of super sleepovers for Museums at Night 2013.
House of Windsor star Mario Testino's British Royal Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery
The official engagement card of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a Christmas card featuring the Prince of Wales are among eight exhibits on show in London.
National Portrait Gallery revisits the life, death and art of the Lost Prince, Henry Stuart
The National Portrait Gallery is exploring the life, death and rich cultural legacy of the Jacobean King we never had, Henry Stuart.
Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress at Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland celebrates 250 years since the coronation of Catherine the Great with an exhibition of more than 600 items from the State Hermitage Museum.
Royal Beasts recreates 600 years of exotic menageries at the Tower of London
Artist Kendra Haste's show about the Tower of London's menagerie past features the nail-eating ostriches and fishing bears who once made it an imposing fortress.
Buckingham Palace honours Queen's 60-year reign with Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration
With a diamond count totalling over 10,000, Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration features an array of pieces worn during some of the most important events in Royal history.
Kensington Palace takes a view from the crowd to explore Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
Jubilee - A View from the Crowd looks at the festivities that took place in Victoria's 60th year as monarch through the eyes of the people that were celebrating it.
